Talk:Mound of Butter

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Picture of the day

Mound of Butter is a painting by the French realist painter Antoine Vollon completed between 1875 and 1885. A still life, it depicts a mound of butter, coloured in rich, deep yellow, with thick marks after the artist's brushwork that may be intended to suggest the marks of a butter knife. The painting is held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.Painting: Antoine Vollon (image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art)

"Realistic"?

I'm no art professional, but after viewing several close-ups of this work - - - especially the top of the butter mound, the knife, what's on the knife, the 'wrapping,' and the two eggs - - - I can't see how this still life is considered to be "realistic;" "impressionistic" yes, but not "realistic."

Or am I missing something? 2600:8800:786:A300:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 04:45, 18 February 2018 (UTC)